to take a good soil sample you should dig into 3 locations in the field to be planted and mix the soil into a 5 gall bucket and then fill the coffee can as described above. There is also a product called Post which is a weed killer but wont harm broad leaf . Spray it wait a week and then turn it under. Them come over it in the summer with buckwheat. Buckwheat will reach full maturity in 45 days if not clipped . Clip it once , and then let it go all the way. Don't cut it so short that it burns up from the hot summer sun. Till the buckwheat in as I stated in my earlier post around labor day and put your fall crop in.
If you truly want to build your deer up you have to feed them when they are growing their horns and putting on weight not just during hunting season. They need the proteins for weight and fat and the minerals for horn growth during the summer months.
